Canon error code 5200

Before you try the solution

1. 1. Copy the complete message exactly as shown, including any letters, spaces, or punctuation around 5200.
2. 2. Find the printer's exact model number. The same-looking code can mean something different on another model family.
3. 3. Let the current print, scan, or update operation stop before touching controls, paper paths, or covers.

Manufacturer-documented solution

If the error is still there

1. 1Return to the screen or job that produced the message and check whether the code has cleared.
2. 2If 5200 returns, do not repeat a risky procedure. Record when it appears and check the documentation for the exact model.
3. 3If the documented action does not clear 5200, contact Canon support or a qualified printer technician with the model number and complete message.

Other Canon error codes

• 5100Canon states "Printer error has occurred". The documented remedy is a carriage-jam procedure: press Stop, turn the printer off, then check that the print head holder is not obstructed by transportation tape or jammed paper and remove any obstruction. Canon warns specifically not to touch the white belt inside the printer.
• 5107A printer error has occurred (no further detail given). Power the printer off, unplug it, then reconnect and restart. If unresolved, contact an authorized Canon service center. Avoid tilting the printer during relocation to prevent ink leakage.
• 5400A printer error has occurred (no further detail given). Power the printer off, unplug it, then reconnect and restart. If unresolved, contact a Canon service center for repair.
• 5B00Canon states only "Printer error has occurred" and gives no user step — it directs the owner straight to a Canon service centre. Canon does not describe 5B00 as a waste ink absorber message, despite that being the common third-party interpretation. The absorber wording belongs to codes 1700, 1701 and 1712.
• 5B02A printer error has occurred (no further detail given); while active the printer cannot print or scan. Contact your nearest Canon service center to request a repair. Unplugging erases stored faxes.
• #001The original document is jammed in the ADF feeder during a fax/scan job. Remove the jammed original per the paper-jam troubleshooting section.